Bill Text - HB1265 (2018)

Relative to the release of criminal conviction records.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 3:14 p.m.

HB 1265 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2386

04/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1265

 

AN ACT relative to the release of criminal conviction records.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the release of criminal conviction records to a party to a criminal proceeding or counsel for such party, or to the individual who is the subject of the criminal conviction record.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2386

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to the release of criminal conviction records.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  State Police; Criminal Records.  Amend RSA 106-B:14, I-a(a) to read as follows:

(a)  No individual, or public or private agency receiving criminal conviction record information from the division shall resell, rent, trade, transfer, make available, or otherwise disclose such information to another person for any purpose, other than to a client of the individual, a party in a criminal proceeding or counsel for a party in a criminal proceeding, an individual who is the subject of the criminal conviction record, or public or private agency, without permission of the director.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.